On this day in 1986, Newsweek magazine published an article detailing the economic problems in Lone Star, Texas, in southern Morris County. The site was probably settled around the time of the Civil...(Read More)

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WILDCAT CREEK (COKE COUNTY)

WILDCAT CREEK (Coke County). Wildcat Creek rises eight miles southwest of Robert Lee in south central Coke County (at 31°48' N, 100°35' W) and runs four miles northeast to its mouth on E. V. Spence Reservoir, four miles southwest of Robert Lee (at 31°54' N, 100°31' W). It crosses gently sloping terrain marked by red beds of mud and sand, moderately steep slopes, high relief, and a few minor faults. The land surface is generally shallow to moderately deep silt loams in which grow mesquite and grasses.

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